Associations to the word «Anil»

Wiktionary

ANIL, noun. The indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant.
ANIL, noun. (organic chemistry) Any imine in which the N-radical is a phenyl (or substituted phenyl) group.

Dictionary definition

ANIL, noun. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
ANIL, noun. Shrub of West Indies and South America that is a source of indigo dye.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca